2 hours ago2 hr 7 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:lolI guess someone over there didn’t realize they are 1-17 in games without Murray starting and finishing the game.What a dumpster fire.Not sure what the joke is that you are laughing at. Brissett is a better QB than Murray. The Cardinals' main problem this year has been the defense can't hold a lead, which is something Gannon struggled with here too. Cardinals should win more games with Brissett, if the D doesn't suck the rest of the year.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Apparently there was a deal in place for the titans to trade Tony pollard but their owner shut it downOh Amy, such a treasure. May her teams continue to suck.
2 hours ago2 hr 29 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:He traded Pickett for DTR and a pick. DTR was a throw in. It largely amounted to Pickett for Howell I think but haven't done the accounting on it.Overall I think your definition of disaster is a bit exaggerated.Signing Huff last year to big money was a disaster (in isolation of course). Minor trades or signings not working out is really the norm. You're really only expecting an occasional hit thereLet me rephrase, DTR and McCord were disasters as players. I didn’t mean the process. DTR isn’t even in the league anymore. But the process also wasn’t great considering it took 3 transactions to figure out the #3 QB.
2 hours ago2 hr 33 minutes ago, NOTW said:Facebook comment about the Cowboys getting WilliamsMy favorite pre draft video ever. I didn’t need to see any tape after that to know he was that dude.
2 hours ago2 hr 38 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Look what is coming out next week. Kyler has plansReady for Launch: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 PC Trailer, S...Get ready for the November 14 launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on PC with specs for Minimum, Recommended, Competitive/Ultra 4K performance in addition to preloading times, recommended drivers, and
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:The draft as been good, but the whole reason he's had to make all these trades is because of things he did that didn't work out in the offseason. Basically every trade he's made so far is an attempted correction of a failed move he made during free agency.Tank Bigsby - AJ DillonJaelan Phillips - Ojulari, UcheGetting BG out of retirement - same as aboveFred Johnson - Kendall LammJaire Alexander, Jakorian Bennett - letting Rodgers go, Adoree JacksonMichael Carter - same as aboveI don't think it was a terrible offseason, but it definitely is not up to the recent Howie standard, and we have 5 fewer picks now in next year's draft because of those attempted corrections.What is the purpose of draft picks, of which we still have nine? Answer: To improve the team. Duh. Sorry to be so slow. Worth noting: we gave up one pick that figures to be in the 90s and a bunch of late late picks. Still have our first second, two thirds (one which figures to be in the 60s), two fourths, two fifths, and a seventh. More than we had in the last draft.Better to use them than to sit on your hands. This with a team that’s second or third youngest. We need quality, not volume. As for our trades, it’s not like we took a bunch of 30-year-olds. Alexander is the oldest, he was basically free, and he’s what? 28?The draft is to a certain extent a crap shoot. It looks like we hit on our first two, the rest TBD.Now to your characterized failures. Ojulari got hurt. Uche is definitely not a failure. Not a star but a good player. Dillon looked Ok when our OL was sucking but Bigsby, who was blasted in here for six weeks, looks like a great pickup. Most of the rest are bottom of the roster guys that Howie churns constantly.To be fair, our depth on the OL has been barely good enough, but it held the fort. Toth, whom I defended almost alone, now does his job competently. Stoutland was questioned in here about him.It’s always an ongoing process but it looks good to me.
2 hours ago2 hr Also…Just what in the hell are the Cowboys loading up for in 2025? Accept your fate and wait until the offseason to make the big move. Williams is a damn good player, but he’s going to turn 28 in a month. This looks like a lost season barring a miracle.
2 hours ago2 hr 17 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:The Howell move was precipitated by the injury to McKee. If he had been healthy for Week 1, then the Eagles likely would have just let McCord get through to the PS and not have worried about QB3. But having traded for Howell, they will hold on to him to flip later, if they can.I disagree with that. McKee made it more of a pressing matter but I think they were always going to have a third QB on the roster. It doesn’t make sense not to with the emergency QB rule. McKee only missed one game. They could have just signed a guy after cuts to get through the first game. Making a trade for Howell showed they wanted a long term upgrade.
2 hours ago2 hr Author 2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:If you are looking at it in singular years, Howie had a bad 2025. Some of it was by design by letting players walk for money while setting up to pay big money to some of your own guys.Every FA brought in during the off-season has stunk though. Uche is the best and he's just ok. Smith was a good signing at the time and played well when he was here, but that's the risk you take signing an old guy dragging his feet to sign with the team.The trades were also pretty bad if you look at them as a whole. He traded Pickett for DTR, which was a disaster. The problem was compounded by drafting McCord who was also a disaster. So he had to fix it by trading again for another QB. The CJGJ trade ended up pretty pointless. Bennett might be good but is still TBD and Booker has been decent. The best trade he made was getting rid of Huff and getting a condition that's attainable while getting San Fran to take on money. As far as the in season trades, we'll see how they end up. Bigsby was decent even though they wasted half the season with him on ST's only. Phillips very well could be good.With all that said, it's important to keep in mind the Eagles are 6-2 and a big part of that is because Howie had a fantastic 2024. He's still the best GM in the NFL.He missed on a lot of low stakes moves. IMO, all of this season's negatives combined are still no match to the Huff signing last season.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:He missed on a lot of low stakes moves. IMO, all of this season's negatives combined are still no match to the Huff signing last season.Agreed, but there are no Barkleys or Bauns (unless you count re-signing him) to offset the bad moves like there was in 2024. And even though the moves in 2025 are generally considered low stakes, he certainly banked on them having a more important role on the team. There’s signing Terrace Marshall in hopes he can be WR 5 but not really ever see the field. It didn’t work, who cares. But then there’s signing Adoree Jackson, Ojulari, Avery Williams, Kendall Lamm etc all who were expected to have semi-important roles and playing time. That needs to be factored in.
2 hours ago2 hr Last thing: Trading two 1s for a cornerback when your QB is Daniel Jones — no matter how well he is playing — is reckless resource management.
2 hours ago2 hr 37 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Let me rephrase, DTR and McCord were disasters as players. I didn’t mean the process. DTR isn’t even in the league anymore.But the process also wasn’t great considering it took 3 transactions to figure out the #3 QB.4 hours ago, bpac55 said:Let me rephrase, DTR and McCord were disasters as players. I didn’t mean the process. DTR isn’t even in the league anymore.But the process also wasn’t great considering it took 3 transactions to figure out the #3 QB. I think the counter argument to that is how many teams just don’t work on fixes. Howie sees a roster issue and works to get it fixed. It’s like you’re knocking him for trying to put the best roster on the field. There are plenty of teams that do nothing because it’s easier.
2 hours ago2 hr 56 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:I look forward to Mazi finding a solid career in NY, putting a nice bow the gift Jerry gave us today.That really would be the icing on the cake
2 hours ago2 hr 13 minutes ago, ManuManu said:Last thing: Trading two 1s for a cornerback when your QB is Daniel Jones — no matter how well he is playing — is reckless resource management.
2 hours ago2 hr 8 minutes ago, NCiggles said:I think the counter argument to that is how many teams just don’t work on fixes. Howie sees a roster issue and works to get it fixed. It’s like you’re knocking him for trying to put the best roster on the field. There are plenty of teams that do nothing because it’s easier.Sure. That’s how you become the best GM in the sport but have a lukewarm at best single year. Which is 2025 Howie Roseman.
1 hour ago1 hr 55 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:lolI guess someone over there didn’t realize they are 1-17 in games without Murray starting and finishing the game.What a dumpster fire.I mean their organization in general is a dumpster fire. That said murray has been mediocre to even bad this year when he plays. Frankly Murray’s record is not very good either outside of 2021. Imo he’s overrated and they aren’t winning anything with him either. I said this all the way back in 2020, I would take Jalen hurts over Kyler Murray in 2020. Not because I thought hurts would turn into the player he did. But at least know Jalen hurts is going to work really hard and maximize whatever talent he had. I think Kyler Murray for a while now has just lived off the fact he was a former no. 1 pick and athletically gifted. The issue is I just don’t think he’s ever gonna be more than a guy who’s got arm talented/athleticism but doesn’t mentally strive to maximize his talent. I’m not the only one who thinks this. I still have a friend who’s covered the cardinals (and now on suns beat/reporting) who said previous regime was over murray by th end. Add he’s holding back McBride and MHJ. the performances of Harrison Jr and McBride is significantly better without Murray. They should trade him this offseason. Cash out on a desperate team needing a Qb and then replace him. The foot injury where at its 4-8 weeks and re-injuring it was high until it was fully healed is kind of BS. They would’ve put him on IR a couple weeks back if that were the case. They didn’t. Just brissett has played better than Murray
1 hour ago1 hr 8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Sure. That’s how you become the best GM in the sport but have a lukewarm at best single year. Which is 2025 Howie Roseman.I think Howie's year will be determined by how the Phillips & CB moves turn out. He let guys go for money but could have juggled differently. He accumulated picks so he could adjust. No we see if he could properly.
1 hour ago1 hr 1 minute ago, pgcd3 said:I think Howie's year will be determined by how the Phillips & CB moves turn out. He let guys go for money but could have juggled differently. He accumulated picks so he could adjust. No we see if he could properly.If Phillips plays well, I kind of think the Eagles wanna get a deal done with him. he’s young but has the injury past. But if they believe he can stay healthy they’d have 3 good young pass rushers going for. I get it. It’s gonna cost them a little bit of money.If he works out and they extend him, the first round of the 2026 draft can go so many different ways. Can get a good corner at the end of the first round. He could be your number two with Mitchell on the outside. It allows Cooper DeJean to stay in the slot. Not only that you’re gonna have a couple cheap years of that secondary together. Furthermore, if lane Johnson retires, they could go offensive tackle. Could go pass rusher but becomes less urgent. could be that they go defensive tackle if one falls to them in that area. I say wide receiver, but I think it’s less likely they would do that but not out of the question.L as the line of demarcation for AJ Brown being on this team is the end of 2026. Because that’s when his contract has almost no guaranteed money left. the guy who runs sportrac discussed why that is really the time where the eagles are either gonna move off of him or give him an extension.
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